{"id":71059,"date":"2020-03-07T06:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71059"},"modified":"2020-03-01T13:46:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T18:46:44","slug":"meet-the-xenobot-the-worlds-first-ever-living-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71059","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Xenobot, the World\u2019s First-Ever &#8220;Living&#8221; Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">These researchers paired biology with artificial intelligence to create the world\u2019s first \u201cliving\u201d robots.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wL64jqYn4CE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u00bb Subscribe to Seeker! <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=cxH5jviqmdfc4LY41AUJ8bDu13t8MTU4MzE3MzI0OEAxNTgzMDg2ODQ4&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fsubscribeseeker&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=wL64jqYn4CE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribeseeker<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><br \/>\n\u00bb Watch more Elements! <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=cxH5jviqmdfc4LY41AUJ8bDu13t8MTU4MzE3MzI0OEAxNTgzMDg2ODQ4&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FElementsPlaylist&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=wL64jqYn4CE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ElementsPlaylist<\/a><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\"><br \/>\n\u00bb Visit our shop at <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=cxH5jviqmdfc4LY41AUJ8bDu13t8MTU4MzE3MzI0OEAxNTgzMDg2ODQ4&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.seeker.com&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=wL64jqYn4CE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/shop.seeker.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Measuring less than a millimeter wide, these micro-machines are programmable lifeforms that researchers from the University of Vermont and Tufts University believe could one day help clean microplastics from our oceans or even repair organs inside our bodies.<\/p>\n<p>But what exactly is a \u201cliving\u201d robot?! And should we expect to see them whizzing through our bloodstreams any time soon?<\/p>\n<p>By pairing stem cells harvested from the embryos of the African Clawed frog with a sophisticated computer algorithm, researchers generated a blueprint design that allowed the team to build the brand new form of life known as xenobots.<\/p>\n<p>If scaled up, xenobots could be used for regenerative medicine like repairing organs or growing body parts for transplant from the ground up. They could be created using a patient\u2019s own cells, then inserted into their bloodstream and programmed to clear the plaque from clogged arteries or to detect cancer.<\/p>\n<p>And the xenobot\u2019s applications aren\u2019t just limited to the medical field. 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http:\/\/bit.ly\/subscribeseeker \u00bb Watch more Elements! http:\/\/bit.ly\/ElementsPlaylist \u00bb Visit our shop at http:\/\/shop.seeker.com Measuring less than a millimeter wide, these micro-machines are programmable lifeforms that researchers from the University of Vermont and Tufts University believe could one day help clean microplastics from our oceans or even repair organs inside our bodies. 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